Device for introducing charges into receptacles.



L. FISCHER. DEVICE FOR INTRODUCING CHARGES INTO REGEPTAOLES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 9, 1912.

Patented Ju ne 9, i914.

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' APPLICATION FILED MAY 9,-1912.

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tt ti LOUIS FISCHER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOB, T RICHARD H.

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Specification 01 Letters Patent,

M. NOB-TH CABOLINA.

CHARGES INTO RECEPTACLES.

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Application filed May 9, 1912. Serial No. 698,184.

To all whom it may concern lie it known that 1, Louis FISCHER, a citizen of the United States residing at Philadclphia, in the county of .lFhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Devices tor l ntroducing Charges into Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to improvements in paclreting apparatus, and the primary object of the invention is to provide means for introducing charges of material, for example in the form of wrapped packages, into receptacles, particularly cans, such as used in the packing of tobacco, whereby the introduction of the charges into the cans or receptacles may be HCCOIIlPllSl'lGd rapidly, uniformly, and practically without waste or loss, and the handling of the cans or receptacles is facilitated.

To these and other ends, the invention consists in certain improvements, and combinations and arrangements of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out particularly in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the accompanying drawing :-Figure 1 is a. perspective view of the principal part of the apparatus constructed in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the invention. lFi 2 is a diagrammatic view, partly in section, showing the manner of applying a. can or receptacle to the holder; Fig. 3 is a top plan view, partly in section, of the holder as shown in Figs. 1 and 2; Fig. l is a perspective view of the coiiperative members of the holder; Fig". 5 represents a transverse section through the cooperative members of the holder showing the position of the can or receptacle thereon; Fig. (l is a perspective view showing one form ot mechanism to be used in connection with the holder for introducing the charges or paclo ets into the cans or receptacles; Fig. 7 is an end elevation of a portion of the mechanism shown in Fig. (3.

Similar parts are designated by the same reference characters in the several views.

The present invention is capable of use generally in connection with machines or devices ot dill'erent kinda tor the purpose of introducing charges, usually in the form of wrapped packages or packets, into cans or receptacles.

The accompanying drawing paratus and such construction will be hereinai'ter described in detail, but it will be understood that the invention is not restricted to the precise construction shown, as modifications and changes may be made therein to enable the invention to be applied to the best advantage according to the circumstances of each particular case.

The device which I term a holder as shown in, the present instance comprises a body composed preto ably 0t complemcntal sections 1 and 2 which are united by scrci's or bolts 3, this body being hollow ortormed with a passage for the charge or packet of material and contains or has combined therewith means which performs the dual function of positioning a can or receptacle to receive its chargeor packet and guiding the charge or packet into the can or rccoptacle. In the construction shown, a pair of receptacle-positioning and chargeguiding members at and are provided, these members having their marginal or longitudinal. edges curved or suitably bent to form flanges (i and 7 respectively, the flanges of the two members being directed toward one another and the space between the members corresponding substantially to the shapeand dimensions of the charge or packet being handled. These members have a tendency to expand or spread apart in order that they may engage within the mouth oi a can or receptacle and retain the receptacle thereon. Preferably, the members are composed of resilient or spring metal, they being provided in the present instance with outwardly or laterally bent flanges 8 and 9 which are secured rigidly to the body of the holder by a clamping ring 10 which secured to the body by screws or equivalent means 11. In the present instance, the larly ad aptcd to handle cans of the type sub stantiallv shown in Fig. 3, ing: a body 1'22 and a hinged lid 13. To cnable vans o'l this general type to be applied with facility to the holder preparatory to the reception oi the charge, the lip or edge 1st or one of the men'ibers, tlie'mcmbcrl in the. present instance, is longer than and overhangs the edge ilfi oi. the opposing or complomontal member whereby on edge of the can mouth may be pressed upon the over hanging); portion of the longer member to spring or force this member toward the shorter member, the Edge [5 of the shorter shows one partibular constri'lclion ot the ap- 1 member at this time clearing the opposite holder is particu-.

the can compris edge ofthe can mouth, the can being preferapplied,

ably in tilted position while being and while the member acted on by the can is held in such position. the can may be shoved toward the body of the holder, thereby passing the mouth of the can over both of the members, the dotted lines in Fig. 2 showing the can in position to receive its charge. 'hcn one of the members is pressed toward the other member in the manner stated. the members will occupy a convergent relation, thereby enabling the can to be applied over the members with facility; Also, by applying the can while in tilted position as shown in Fig. 2, the exposed edge of the can month will en age the member acted on, thereby protecting the hinge 16 which connects the lid to the body of the can or receptacle.

The holder shown in the present. instance is adapted to accommodate cans wherein the seam 17 in the body of the can is arranged at one of the narrow sides thereof, the edges 18 and 19 at one side of the members i and 5 being separated a distance sullicient to accommodate the increased thickness in the wall of the can produced bythe. seam. and the interior chamber or passage formed between the members 4 and 5 will be Hush and regular and the package or charge while being introduced into the can will not catch upon and be inpn'ed by the seam of the can.

These members 4 and 5 which project into.

the can niouth serve, of course, to guide the package at all points, thereby insuring proper introduction of the charge without the latter catching upon any part of the can, and as the package or charge passes through the space formed between the 1nembers, it. will tend to expand them and thereby increase the grip of the members upon the can, avoiding premature discharge of the can from the holder. althougluwhen the package has been fully introduced into the can and abuts against the bottom thereof, the pressure upon the charge will overcome the frictional hold of the members on the can and will thereby eject the can from the holder. The free edges 14 and 15 of the members 4 and 5 are preferably rounded toward their marginal edges, as shown, to

enable the cans to be applied quickly and without liability of catching upon any exposed corners or obstructions.

The device embodying the features above described may be used in connection with ditterent mechanisms. In the present. instance, I have shown a portion of a mold wheel 20 which forms part, of a machine which produces wrapped packets, the mold wheel having anumber of molds 21 which are brought successively into alinement or register with the holders, the latter-being mounted, for example; on a traveling conveyer 22 which cooperates with a sprocket wheel A reciprocatory slide or plunger 21' is mounted in a guide 25 and is adapted to operate at intervals through each mold 21 on the mold wheel, thereby transferring the wrapped package or charge from the packet on the bottom of the can will remove it from the holder. The plunger 26 is in the present instance connected to the plunger 24: by a stem 28 and a bracket 29, and the two plungers may be reciprocated in unison and at appropriately timed intervals by an arm 30. The mold wheel and the carrier bearing the holders are, of course, advanced intermittently and in unison to bring the molds on the mold wheel successively into al'inement with the holders.

I claim as my invention 1. A device for introducing charges or packets into cans having seams embodying a pair of opposed members adapted to enter the month of the can'and having inturncd longitudinal flanges forming a clearance space between the adjacent edges of such flanges to accommodate the seam of the can, the edges of the fiai ges on one of said members being curved to permit the can to be applied while in tilted position.

2. A device for introducing charges or packets into receptacles comprising a body having a bore for the passage of the charge, a pair of opposed members having normally parallel straight rigid portions adapted to enter and support a receptacle and to guide the packagein entering the same, and means for yieldably attaching the opposite ends of said members to said body.-

3. A device for introducing charges or packets into receptacles comprising a hollow body through which the charge is adapted to pass, a pair of opposed members arranged within said body, said members having longitudinally extending marginal stiffening flanges and also having outturned flanges which yieldably connect the members to said body, such out-turned flanges normally holding the opposed members in parallelism and enabling said members to be collapsed to enter and support a receptacle.

.In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LOUIS FISCHER.

' Witnesses: 1

BERNARD P. DOLL,

JOHN H. DAMEs. 

